Door-securer.



o. W. LENT. DOOR SEGURER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1909.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

ATTUR/VEYS nmlfns, wAsmNGroN D c CHARLES W. LENT, 0F TINGLEY, OWA.

DOOR-SECUREB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES XV. LEN-T, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Tingley, in the county of Ringgold and State of lowa,have invented a certain new and useful Door-Securer, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to securers for doors, windows and the like, andprovides a securer adapted to be quickly applied to closures, forholding the same in a locked position.

My invention is more particularly adapted for securely locking doors,and embodies two plates movable relative to each other, one of theplates being provided for insertion between a closure member and theframe thereof, and equipped with suitable gripping means for holding thesame in place, while the other plate is adapted to be engaged by thetiret-named plate by means of a lug on the second-named plate engaged bya locking means on the first-named plate, the second-named plate havinga stop flange thereon adapted to engage the said closure and securelyhold the same in locked position.

My invention further embodies novel features of construction as will behereinafter more fully described and particularly set forth in theappended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is afragmentary sectional plan view of a door and the frame thereof andshowing my invention attached to the frame and in the initial positionfor securing the door. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional plan view of adoor and the frame thereof, showing my invention attached to the sameand engaging the door to hold the same in locked position. Fig'. 3 is aperspective of one of the plates partially comprising my invention. Fig.4 is a perspective of a second plate partially comprising my invention.Fig. 5 is a side view of the screw bolt adapted to hingedly secure thetwo plates embodied in my invention.

My door securer comprises a gripping plate 1 having at one end thereofprojecting pointed lugs 2. The other end of the gripping plate l isturned inwardly so as to form a bearing 3 for a screw bolt 4 whichpasses therethrough and hingedly secures the plate 1 to a second plate5. A hole 6 is provided in the plate 1, and adjacent thereto a cam 7having a handle 7L is pivoted to the plate by means of a pin 8. Thesecond plate 5 hinged to the plate 1 by means of the screw bolt 4 passedthrough bearings 9 and 10 in the plate 5, and the bearing 3 on the plate1, is provided with a lug 11 and a stop liange 12 as will be clearlyseen `by referring to Fig. 3.

W7 hen it is desired to apply the door securer for locking a door 13hinged to a frame 14 at 15 and provided with suita-ble knobs 16, thegripping plate is placed against the door-jamb 17 with the gripping lugs2 pressed into the door-jamb 17 to hold the plate l in position. Thedoor 13 is then closed. This forces the lugs 2 still deeper into thedoor-jamb 17. Then the plate 5 hinged to the plate l is swung around sothat 1t engages the plate l, the lug 1l on the plate 5 passing throughthe opening 6, and the stop flange 12 engaging the door 13, as will beclearly seen by referring to Fig. 2. The cam 7 is then manipulated so asto engage the lug l1, as will also be seen by referring to Fig. 2. Thedoor is now securely held in a locked position and can only be opened bydisengaging the cam 7 and the lug 1l and swinging the plate 5 outwardly,away from the plate 1. The hinge member 3 is preferably elongated topermit of the screw bolt 4 secured to the locking plate 5, by bearings 9and 10, to move or slide longitudinally of the plate 1, as well as beinghingedly secured to the said plate.

TWhen it is desired to repeatedly use the door securer on the same door,a rectangular plate 18, having an elongated slot therein is provided, tobe secured in the door jamb. Then when the securer is applied the holesfirst made by the gripping points 2 can be easily located and usedagain, thereby obviating the necessity of making new holes for thegripping points 2.

It will be understood that although I have described my door securer asapplied to a door, it can be conveniently used for various cllcsuressuch as windows, cabinets and the li ie.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A door securer comprising a gripping plate for insertion between aclosure and the frame thereof, gripping niean's'int'egial with the saidplate t'or holding the saine in position, and a locking plate mounted toturn and to siicle on the said gripping plate, a hook-shaped lug on thesaid locking plate engaging the gripping plate, a cam on the Saidgripping plate engaging the Said hookshaped lug and securely holding thesame, and means on the Said locking plate engagl l l ing the saidclosure for securely holding the 10 saine in 2L looked position. 'i

In testimony wheteof I have signed my naine to this specification in thepresence of two 'subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES WV. LENT VitneSSes E. W. REYNOLDS, LUKE SHAY.

